Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-12

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brought in full-blooded Morgan. A
Mr.. Charles Wright brought from YER
mont lot of mares, some by Black
Hawk and some as pure Morgans as he
could find and he also brought a full
blooded Morgan stallion. I lere was an
other Black Hawk, sired by, it seems to
me, the Pratt horse. In the west part of
the county there were two or three stall
lions sired by the North horse. At that
time there were no good blooded mares
in this section, but with the cross with
the Vermont Morgan stock they produc-
ed some of the finest stock to be found
on the American continent. But among
them all Green Mountain Boy stands at
the head He was the only one that got
fast stock. Green Mountain Bow was
never in trainer hands and only trotted
at fairs on bad tracks in IA l0O-lb. sulkv.
His time was usually from 2 :3S to ? 40.
! am confident that with tracks. sulllies
and the training horses get now he would
have shown low figures. Take him all in
all he was the most beautiful horse ever
saw. He was the sire of Dan Costello's
Billy Utey that trotted all one winter in
Barnum's y. Y. IIippodrome Che was
called there Bay City, and horse that
won more money than any other horse
in this section. Il perfect beauty. Green
Mountain Boy was the sire of Gov. Ran
dali; time :: 3S at four-years-old. with
very little training. sold him for "A
thousand dollars. lie was afterwards
sold for 200 for a fancy driving horse.
sold II pair of four-year-old geldings
(blacl) for $1,000. They were sold again
in Chicago for $1,000. The last heard of
them they were in Saratoga, n. Y. They
were never tracked. 1t would take too
much space to give description of the
beautiful horses of his get and the fabu-
lous prices they brought. But from that
influx of Vermont horses before men,
toned Racine county has become celc-
brated all over the land for its beautiful
and fast horses. \ cross with a mare
from either Green Mountain Boy or Yer
mont Boy with old Swigert or Handle
tonian is sure to produce speed and en-
durance. There is pair of farm horses
here 33 years old, got by Green Noun
tain Boy, that lave worked steadily on
the farm since the fall after they were
two years old, and it takes lively team
to get by them now. Mr. Wright that
spoke of bought, among others, two
year-old mare sired by Black Hawk, out
of "A Clifford Morgan mare, owned by
Bingham, the sheepman. | bought her.
She never weighed 500: but of all the an
finals that ever drew breath she beat the
entire race for strength, speed and dura
bility. ! should not be believed if
should write up what she could aud did
do. She was kept as a family animal.
At 33 years old there was not blemish
on her as big as Il pea. | have had Il
great deal to do with horses, and am
fully persuaded that the Vermont Nor
the best horse that has ever been invent
ed by Providence. \ cross of the Nor
gan improves any breed of horses. All
our breeders at this time feel that they
have got a good thing when they can get
few drops of the old Green Mountain
Boy blood. \ few years ago man by
the name of Lewis got hold of an old Yer
mont Morgan, so old that he had become
sway-backed; nobody paid any attention
to him, but he went to breeding from
him until the old fellow turned up his
toes. \ few days since Mr.. Lewis sold a
pair of four-year-Old colts one 4 mare for
500: they were small, but great beau
ties. He has more of the same kind. If
the old horse was alive now he would
have IA bonanza. | have been trying to
see Mr.. Lewis to see if could get her
pedigree. have by this time exhausted
your patience without giving you any
thing that will be of much value to YOU
in the way of horse history. | write
with great ditliculty,as am suffering Sc
we're pain from rheumatism. Green
Mountain Boy, after the war, went to
Michigan. have heard wonderful sto-
ries of his stock as old as he was he won
great race over there, so reported.
Respectfully yours.
WIN. H. l'TLEY